[TLS] Re: [EXT] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-08 (Ends 2026-07-08)

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From: "Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu>
To: Leonid Shamis <shamis.leonid@gmail.com>, "tls@ietf.org" <tls@ietf.org>
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> I would like to register my strong objection to the publication of this document.


We disagree.


> Hybrid ("double encryption") constructions protect us from classes of attacks that pure-PQ
> constructions do not protect us against. Hybrid constructions have a negligible overhead
> compared to pure-PQ constructions.


In theory only, ignoring all the practical implications of software and hardware implementations.
Unfortunately, our “stuff” has to function in a real world, not on paper.